The Ilulissat Icefjord in Disco Bay is one of the World's fastest flowing glaciers and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located 250km North of the Arctic Circle and it accounts for 10% of the production of Greenland's calf ice. The Icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord are the largest to be found in the Arctic. Latest research concludes that ice loss from both Greenland and Antarctica is accelerating, and that the ice sheets’ impact on sea level rise in the first half of the 21st century w ...

Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, grazing on icy ground, LongyearbyenReindeer have a circumpolar distribution with several subspecies in different areas. The Svalbard reindeer is a small subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. The subspecies found in Svalbard is exclusive to this area. Reindeer ...

By Peter Prokosch

Port of Murmansk, RussiaPositioned at 69 ‐ 00.N; 33 ‐04.E, the port of Murmansk is the world's largest port located north of the polar circle. It is situated on the Kola peninsula at the coast of Barents Sea. It is the most northern nonfreezin...

By Peter Prokosch

Krossfjorden, SvalbardThe Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA 2004) predicts an average 5-7 degree rise in temperature in Arctic regions by the year 2100.
Krossfjorden is on the West coast of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, and ...

By Peter Prokosch

Icebergs, Scoresby Sound, GreenlandMass loss from the Greenland ice sheet quadrupled over the past two decades, contributing a quarter of the observed global sea-level rise. Increased submarine melting is thought to have triggered the retreat of Greenland...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, SvalbardResearch shows that the glaciers in Svalbard are melting and getting smaller. This is taking place because the climate has become generally warmer in the past 100 years. Higher air temperatures have brought a more rapid ...

By Peter Prokosch

Pieces of melting glacier ice stranded near Ny Ålesund, SvalbardResearch shows that the glaciers in Svalbard are melting and getting smaller. This is taking place because the climate has become generally warmer in the past 100 years. Higher air temperatures have brought a more rapid ...

By Peter Prokosch

Retreating glacier, Alpefjord, Northeast Greenland National ParkMass loss from the Greenland ice sheet quadrupled over the past two decades, contributing a quarter of the observed global sea-level rise. Increased submarine melting is thought to have triggered the retreat of Greenland...

By Peter Prokosch

Taimyr CoastlineThe Taimyr Autominous Area occupies 800,000 sq km, an area the size of England, France and the Netherlands combined. Only 3% of the subsurface here has been studied but there are believed to be healthy reserves of coal, ...